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(1)[F1Where plans of a building are, in accordance with building regulations, deposited with a local authority, and the plans show] [F1Where an application for building control approval in respect of a proposed building is made to a building control authority, and it appears] that it is proposed to construct a building of materials to which this section applies, or to place or assemble on the site a building constructed of such materials, the authority may, notwithstanding that the [F2plans conform] [F2application conforms] with the regulations—
(a)reject [F3the plans] [F3the application], or
(b)in [F4passing the plans] [F4granting the application]—
(i)fix a period on the expiration of which the building must be removed, and
(ii)impose with respect to the use of the building such reasonable conditions, if any, as having regard to the nature of the materials used in its construction they deem appropriate,
but no condition shall be imposed that conflicts with any condition imposed on the grant of planning permission for that building under Part III of [F5the Town and Country Planning Act 1990].
(2)If a building in respect of which [F6plans ought under the building regulations to have been deposited, but have not been deposited,] [F6an application for building control approval ought to have been made but was not made] appears to the authority to be constructed of such materials as aforesaid, the authority, without prejudice to their right to take proceedings in respect of any contravention of the regulations, may—
(a)fix a period on the expiration of which the building must be removed, and
(b)if they think fit, impose such conditions with respect to the use of the building as might have been imposed under subsection (1) above upon the [F7passing of plans for the building] [F7granting of such an application].
and where they fix such a period they shall forthwith give notice thereof, and of any conditions imposed, to the owner of the building.
(3)A [F8building control authority] may from time to time extend any period fixed, or vary any conditions imposed, under this section; but, unless an application in that behalf is made to them by the owner of the building in question, they shall not exercise their power of varying conditions except when granting an extension, or further extension, of the period fixed with respect to the building.
(4)A person aggrieved by the action of a [F8building control authority] under this section in rejecting [F9plans] [F9an application], or in fixing or refusing to extend any period, or in imposing or refusing to vary any conditions, may appeal to [F10the appropriate court or tribunal].
(5)The owner of a building in respect of which a period has been fixed under this section shall, on the expiration of that period, or, as the case may be, of that period as extended, remove the building, and, if he fails to do so—
(a)the [F8building control authority] shall remove it and may recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing, and
(b)without prejudice to the right of the authority to exercise that power, he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale and to a further fine not exceeding £5 for each day during which the building is allowed to remain after he is convicted.
(6)A person who uses a building in contravention of a condition imposed under this section, or who permits a building to be so used, is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale and to a further fine not exceeding £5 for each day on which the offence continues after he is convicted.
(7)Building regulations may provide that this section applies to any materials specified in the regulations as being materials that are, in the absence of special care, liable to rapid deterioration, or are otherwise unsuitable for use in the construction of permanent buildings.
(8)This section applies in relation to an extension of an existing building as it applies in relation to a new building.
(9)This section ceases to have effect upon the coming into force of section 20 below (which supersedes it).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 19(1) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(3)(a); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F2Words in s. 19(1) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(3)(b); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F3Words in s. 19(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(3)(c); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F4Words in s. 19(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(3)(d); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F5Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 67(1)
F6Words in s. 19(2) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(4)(a); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F7Words in s. 19(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(4)(b); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 3)
F8Words in s. 19 substituted in part (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(2); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix) (with reg. 4); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)
F9Words in s. 19(4) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 21(5); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ix)
F10Words in s. 19(4) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 6 para. 9(a); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(o)(i) (with reg. 6); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xii) (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)
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